SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 99AH
Methods and basis of charging
SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 99AH
Methods and basis of charging
99AH Methods and basis of charging
(1) An SEQ service provider may use methods of charging for water supplied or
sold by it to its customers the provider considers appropriate, including, for
example—
(a) giving an account based on meter readings; or
(b) if the water
supplied or sold is not measured by a water meter—
(i) the estimated average
water usage of the customers within a group of customers who have similar
water usage; or
(ii) another method that is appropriate to decide a
customer’s likely water usage.
(2) However, an SEQ service provider must
not give an estimated account to a customer for 2 or more consecutive periods.
Example—
It may be a reasonable excuse for an offence under section 99ABfor a contravention of subsection (2) that reasonable access was not available
to the meter at the customer’s premises.